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• Sask. RCMP say 911 is for emergencies, not having to pay for Xbox Live

  29-12-2017 23:46 via globalnews.ca
  This year’s top 10 list of 911 calls that missed the mark was released by Saskatchewan RCMP on Friday.
  
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• Saskatoon police warning businesses about counterfeit $50 bills

  29-12-2017 23:30 via globalnews.ca
  Police have issued a public advisory after three reports of counterfeit $50 bills being used at Saskatoon businesses.
  
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• Saskatchewan health ministry has no plans for pain clinic

  29-12-2017 23:25 via thestarphoenix.com
  The development of a multidisciplinary clinic in Saskatchewan to help people manage chronic pain has long been on Dr. Susan Tupper’s radar.
  The issue of pain management has gained increased attention as Canada’s problem with opioid abuse has grown.
  Earlier this year, the Canadian Medical Association Journal published an updated guideline for opioid therapy and non-cancer pain, in part as a response to concerns that Canadians are the second-highest per capita users of opioid medicatio
  
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• Cheveldayoff 'voting stations' permitted but not endorsed by Sask. Party

  29-12-2017 23:11 via thestarphoenix.com
  Saskatchewan Party leadership candidate Ken Cheveldayoff says voting stations set up across the province by his campaign team will give party members the same level of secrecy as a polling station in a provincial general election.
  In an email sent to some supporters this week, Chelevdayoff announced plans to set up a temporary voting station in Moose Jaw.
  More announcements followed, and he said plans are in place to set up between 40 and 50 during the next three weeks. 
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• Sask. tax hikes abound for 2018

  29-12-2017 22:37 via cbc.ca
  Residents of towns and cities across Saskatchewan will likely be facing bigger property tax bills in 2018.
  
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• Defensive back Crezdon Butler signs extension with Saskatchewan Roughriders

  29-12-2017 22:24 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed Crezdon Butler to a one-year contract extension, keeping him with the team through 2019.
  
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• Order of Canada awarded to four Sask. residents

  29-12-2017 22:13 via cbc.ca
  The new appointments to the Order of Canada have been announced and four of them are from Saskatchewan.
  
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• Order of Canada awarded to 4 Sask. residents

  29-12-2017 22:13 via cbc.ca
  The new appointments to the Order of Canada have been announced and four of them are from Saskatchewan.
  
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• Ten 911 calls Saskatchewan RCMP say ‘missed the mark’ this year

  29-12-2017 22:08
  An angry Xbox gamer, someone searching for lost keys and a parent frustrated with bad behaviour all tied up Saskatchewan RCMP’s emergency line this year.
  
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• Marijuana industry may go after PotashCorp's discontinued POT stock symbol, professor says

  29-12-2017 21:56 via cbc.ca
  PotashCorp and Agrium are in their final stages of merging, and the POT stock ticker symbol will soon be discontinued — leaving it up for grabs in the future.
  
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• Public Advisory - Counterfeit $50

  29-12-2017 21:51 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  
  The Saskatoon Police is warning the public about counterfeit $50 bills.Since December 28, 2017 the Saskatoon Police has received three reports of counterfeit $50 bills being used at three different businesses.Here a few tips to spot these counterfeit bills:1. The metallic images on the transparent strip is that of a $5 bill.2. The transparent strip is slightly raised off the counterfeit $50 bill.3. There is no transparent outline of the frosted maple leaf.If you have any information re
  
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• Liberal government signals 'dramatic change' in funding relationship with First Nations

  29-12-2017 20:49 via cbc.ca
  Canada's newly minted Indigenous Services Minister says new funding agreements with First Nations will signal a dramatic change in the relationship between Indigenous people and Ottawa.
  
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• Public Advisory - New Year's Eve

  29-12-2017 20:42 via saskatoonpolice.ca
  The Saskatoon Police Service would like to remind the public to enjoy New Year's Eve responsibly.Officers will be paying close attention to large gatherings and watching for impaired driving. Traffic enforcement officers will be conducting check stops in an effort to enforce traffic laws, and specifically laws around impaired driving.Residents and visitors are asked to celebrate responsibly and plan a safe ride home.
  
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• Sask. Party leadership candidate hosting voting stations across province

  29-12-2017 20:40 via cbc.ca
  Ken Cheveldayoff’s campaign is planning to host 40 to 50 voting stations across the province for voters to cast their ballot in the Saskatchewan Party leadership race.
  
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• Cheveldayoff campaign's voting stations cause confusion ahead of Sask. Party leadership convention

  29-12-2017 20:40 via cbc.ca
  Ken Cheveldayoff’s campaign is planning to host 40 to 50 voting stations across the province for voters to cast their ballot in the Saskatchewan Party leadership race.
  
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• Riders sign Butler dlvr.it/Q86Z9C https://t.co/2THhEdfqbE

  29-12-2017 19:44
  
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• Saskatoon man killed in Alberta collision worked as paramedic in Bonnyville

  29-12-2017 19:31 via globalnews.ca
  A 41-year-old Saskatoon man who died in an eastern Alberta collision Wednesday morning has been identified as Cameron Michael Griffiths. 
  
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• Saskatoon may see coldest daytime high in nearly 10 years Friday

  29-12-2017 19:30
  Temperatures in Saskatoon could break records Friday as a cold spell continues across the province.
  
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• Health Canada wants Claire's kids' makeup tested for asbestos

  29-12-2017 19:15 via cbc.ca
  Health Canada says it has requested testing data from Claire's Stores Inc. following reports that asbestos has been found in certain cosmetic products sold by the international retailer of youth-oriented jewelry and accessories.
  
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• Trial date set for Saskatoon teacher facing child porn charges

  29-12-2017 18:36
  A trial date has been set for a Saskatoon high school teacher facing child pornography-related charges.
  
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• Saskatoon weather outlook: December 29th

  29-12-2017 18:29 via globalnews.ca
  Extreme cold continues before a return to seasonal temperatures in 2018.
  
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• Riders sign defensive back Butler to contract extension

  29-12-2017 18:19
  The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed American defensive back Crezdon Butler to a contract extension Friday.
  
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• 'We've seen some brutal temperatures': Extreme lows expected to last into new year

  29-12-2017 17:53 via cbc.ca
  How long is this extreme cold snap going to last? Throughout the weekend, at least.
  
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• Saskatoon Blades topple Prince Albert Raiders 6-4

  29-12-2017 17:31 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatoon Blades toppled the Prince Albert Raiders 6-4 at the Art Hauser Centre on Thursday.
  
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• Saskatoon man killed in Alberta crash was paramedic in Bonnyville

  29-12-2017 17:30
  A Saskatoon man killed in a crash in east-central Alberta was a Bonnyville-area paramedic.
  
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• Fentanyl trafficking charges laid after Saskatoon police see suspected parking lot drug deal

  29-12-2017 16:48 via cbc.ca
  Three men are facing fentanyl-related charges following an alleged parking lot drug deal.
  
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  29-12-2017 15:24
  
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• Sandwiches recalled due to Listeria contamination

  29-12-2017 15:20 via cbc.ca
  Federal health officials have expanded a list of recalled sandwiches produced in Edmonton, due to Listeria contamination.
  
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• Several YXE flights cancelled or delayed Friday morning

  29-12-2017 15:18 via cbc.ca
  Several flights inbound and outbound of Saskatoon were cancelled or delayed on Friday morning.
  
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• Saskatoon StarPhoenix daily update for Dec. 29, 2017

  29-12-2017 15:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Stay up to date with the news and stories that matter in Saskatoon and beyond, delivered each morning Monday through Saturday.
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  Car thefts spike in Saskatoon as mercury settles
  As much of Saskatoon hunkers down to avoid the bone-cracking cold, city police are warning those brave enough to venture out to avoid leaving a running vehicle unattended, even for a few minutes. Click here to read more …
  Insp. Randy Huisman stands outside SPS Headquarters in Saskatoon, SK on Thursday, De
  
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• NYE musical performances cancelled on Parliament Hill due to cold

  29-12-2017 14:30
  The federal government has modified the New Year’s Eve Canada 150 Closing Party on Parliament Hill because of the extreme cold currently gripping much of the country.
  
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• Bridges Events Dec. 29 – Jan. 4

  29-12-2017 14:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  Event listings are a free, community service offered by Bridges. Listings will be printed if space permits. Submission deadline is two weeks before the event date. Please send submissions to [email protected].
  # MUSIC
  Fri., Dec. 29
  Piano Friday: Ray StephansonKenny MarcoThe Bassment, 202 Fourth Ave. N.
  B.C. Read TrioBuds on Broadway, 817 Broadway Ave.
  Harrison KingMcNally Robinson, 3130 Eighth St. E.
  Mat the Alien vs. The Gaff and Funk Heavy G vs. Mr. FudgeCapitol Music Club, 244 First
  
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• Thursday's Scoreboard dlvr.it/Q84dqs https://t.co/AKVD6e2HMk

  29-12-2017 14:18
  
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• City Cop charged with assault dlvr.it/Q84dpz https://t.co/ozimNGxTrL

  29-12-2017 14:18
  
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• Frozen bubble photography in your own backyard

  29-12-2017 14:00 via cbc.ca
  During the summer, Craig Hilts chases storms and aurora, but when it’s too cold outside to do either, he takes pictures of bubbles.
  
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• Year in review 2017: June saw 'Old Lady Gang' tackling crime in Caswell Hill

  29-12-2017 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Shots fired, man dies in chase
  The late-evening calm on a quiet cul-de-sac in Saskatoon’s River Heights neighbourhood turned into seconds of chaos involving a stolen black truck, a smashed police vehicle and what witnesses described as multiple shots being fired. Minutes later and dozens of blocks away, the driver of the suspect vehicle died in a high-speed collision.
  The incident began when patrol officers spotted a stolen vehicle around Avenue D North and 33rd Street West. With the help
  
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• Working for others: June Avivi constantly tries to improve the world

  29-12-2017 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  June Avivi has worked tirelessly to make the world a better place.
  “It doesn’t matter what you do, you don’t have to finish the job, but you have to be involved, in your lifetime, in improving the world,” Avivi says.
  For more than six decades, Avivi has been an advocate for people with disabilities in Saskatchewan. As a member of Saskatoon’s Jewish community she has worked to educate people, especially children, on the horrors of the Holocaust, in hope they will nev
  
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• Wine World: A very nice wine for an attractive price

  29-12-2017 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Searching for a decent bottle of wine that doesn’t cost the earth is a constant battle. In general, you are condemned to brighter, fruitier, younger reds from neighbourhoods where wine is considered more important than gasoline, and purchased in similar quantities per week.
  A region than doesn’t draw much attention but is always attractively priced is the Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, a region over on the Adriatic coast. The grape, Montepulciano, is often assumed to be a Sangiovese
  
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• Ring in the new year: 5 Things to fill your weekend, Dec. 29-31

  29-12-2017 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Now that Christmas is over for another year, we have to gear up to greet 2018 with open arms. Here are a few ideas for ways to finish 2017 and embrace 2018.
  Get ready to enjoy Home For the Holidays Friday at Knox United Church. A concert benefitting the Saskatoon Opera, it brings some of the city’s best voices to your ears beginning at 7:30 p.m.
  Perhaps a little ‘wrasslin’ is more your thing. A legend of the squared circle, Jake “The Snake” Roberts will be in town t
  
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• Man accused of killing cellmate at Sask. Pen denied parole again

  29-12-2017 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Chris Van Camp was double bunked with Tyler Vandewater at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary shortly after he re-entered custody.
  On June 7, Van Camp, 37, was found beaten, stabbed, and wrapped in bags and blankets, according to a new Parole Board of Canada decision denying Vandewater’s bid for statutory release. Vandewater, 29, was charged with second-degree murder after Van Camp was later pronounced dead.
  Van Camp’s mother, Lauren Laithwaite, said her son was comatose in a hospital
  
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• 'I knew it was going to be a steep learning curve,' Nicole Sarauer says of NDP interim leader role

  29-12-2017 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Nicole Sarauer, the NDP's interim leader, sat down with CBC to look back at Saskatchewan politics in 2017 and what her party can do in the future.
  
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• Hudson Bay man wondered how long he could go on after he was taken off prescription for chronic pain

  29-12-2017 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  Every day brings a different level of pain for John Marco. He ranks it on a scale of 1 to 10.
  For a decade, he was prescribed 120 milligrams per day of slow-release morphine, which brought his pain down to a level 4 or 5, he says.
  Last year, he was taken off of the prescription — “cold turkey.”
  A growing national problem with opioid addiction and overdoses across Canada has the medical community re-evaluating the use of opioids to treat pain. Earlier this year, the Canadian Med
  
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• Gardening: New Year’s resolutions for the gardener

  29-12-2017 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  The new year is upon us, so it’s time to set a few self-improvement goals. And the not generic kind like exercise more or lose weight or be more generous or call your mother more often. Actually, do call your mother more often. But here are a few more satisfying New Year’s resolutions for gardeners and non-gardeners.
  If you’re not a gardener, become one. Start small: plant a few bedding plants, learn what they need, figure out which are weeds (and remove them) and make it fun.
  
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• Council rookies Block, Gersher, Gough reflect on first year

  29-12-2017 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  StarPhoenix city hall reporter Phil Tank interviewed the three Saskatoon city council rookies elected in 2016 to ask them about their first year in office.
  Coun. Cynthia Block, Coun. Sarina Gersher and Coun. Hilary Gough fielded questions after a year on the job.
   
  Q: What issue is more prevalent than you realized before you were elected?
  GOUGH: That’s actually really tough. I’m not sure. I think that one thing that has been solidified for me is that property maintenance issues
  
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• 2017 Year in Review: The year it was for SP sports coverage

  29-12-2017 13:00 via thestarphoenix.com
  StarPhoenix sportswriters are looking back on their coverage highlights of 2017. Today, Darren Zary reflects on the year that was.
   
  FAVOURITE STORIESNigeria’s Ekior-Dourde Mieyefa had never played organized soccer, but at age 20, made his team debut with the University of Saskatchewan Huskies men’s soccer squad. (It was pretty cool to see such raw soccer skills transformed by a team atmosphere.)
  Al Mitchell shared an old scrapbook and autograph book, from the 1930s and ’4
  
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• Saskatoon's weather for Friday: High -28 C

  29-12-2017 12:30 via thestarphoenix.com
  You can expect the extreme cold warning to stay in place for Saskatoon today.
  The forecast high is for sunshine and a high of -28 C, according to Environment Canada. You read that right, a high of -28.
  With a wind of up to 15 kilometres per hour, the wind chill should make it feel like -44 on your exposed skin if you venture out during the day.
  Overnight, the news isn’t any better. The forecast low is -38, with a wind chill making it feel like -46.
  
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• Police, civic workers could be fined or jailed under new anti-snooping law

  29-12-2017 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Civic employees and police officers could be fined or imprisoned for snooping under changes to Saskatchewan privacy laws that come into effect on Jan. 1.
  
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• A blow-by-blow of Trump's battles with scientists in 2017

  29-12-2017 12:00
  From refusing to sign the Paris Climate Agreement, to slashing research budgets and being accused of attempting to muzzle scientists, CTVNews.ca highlights how the Trump administration has waged what many experts are calling a battle against science in 2017.
  
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• Blades Complete Post-Christmas Sweep of Raiders dlvr.it/Q82cDV https://t.co/p5MurgsTxU

  29-12-2017 07:48
  
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• Saskatoon man killed in collision near Alta. village identified

  29-12-2017 05:28 via cbc.ca
  A 41-year-old Saskatoon man who was killed Wednesday in a head-on collision near the village of Marwayne, Alta. has been identified as paramedic Cameron Griffiths.
  
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